Mary Quant: Fashion Revolution with Clementine Ford and Carly Findlay

Fashion Revolution is a panel event facilitated by Clementine Ford with guest speaker Carly Findlay and the Curator of the exhibition. Here them discussing how Mary Quant was a role model for working women, an entrepreneur and how she aspired to democratise fashion. The panel will be speaking about the challenges and opportunities that fashion faces today. What exactly has changed? Guest Speakers Clementine Ford Clementine Ford is a Melbourne based writer, speaker and feminist thinker. She is the author of two books, Fight Like A Girl and Boys will be Boys, and has been a columnist for Fairfax’s Daily Life and a regular contributor to The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. Clementine Ford’s writing explores issues of gender inequality and pop culture. Her ability to use both humour and distilled fury to lay bare ongoing issues affecting women has earned her a huge and loyal readership amongst both women and men. Clementine’s work has radically challenged the issues of men’s violence against women, rape culture and gender warfare in Australia, while her comedic take on casual sexism and entertainment has earned her a reputation as an accomplished satirist. Clementine’s number one mission is to speak openly and honestly about the state of the world as we live in it. She hopes to give other women the language and confidence to articulate their own feelings of frustration and anger. Carly Findlay Carly Findlay OAM is an award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activ